The women's slalom in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup consisted of ten events, including the final. The slalom season began with the traditional "reindeer" opening race in Levi, Finland on 16 November 2024. Two-time discipline champion Petra Vlhová of Slovakia was expected to miss the entire season with an injury suffered in January 2024, and she did, which left eight-time discipline champion and two-time defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States without her main rival. However, Shiffrin then was seriously injured before the second race of the season and missed multiple events before returning at less than full strength, leaving the field wide open. The season came down to finals before 20-year-old Zrinka Ljutić of Croatia emerged victorious over 2021 discipline champion Katharina Liensberger of Austria.
The season was interrupted for the Alpine Skiing World Championships, this time in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025. The championship in women's slalom took place on Saturday, 15 February, and was won by the season's discipline leader at the time, Camille Rast of Switzerland, with her countrywoman Wendy Holdener placing second.
Season summary Picking up where she left off, defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States won the season-opening slalom in Levi, Finland (and the baby reindeer that comes with the victory) for the eighth time in her career, giving her an all-time record 98 total victories in World Cup skiing. Shiffrin then won another slalom, her 99th World Cup victory, the very next week in Gurgl, Austria ahead of rising star (and first-time World Cup podium occupant) Lara Colturi of Albania, who just turned 18 the prior week and is the daughter of 2002 Olympic super-G gold medalist Daniela Ceccarelli, and 25-year-old Swiss skier (and fellow first-time podium occupant) Camille Rast of Switzerland. However, Shiffrin was injured during a giant slalom run at Killington and had to miss the slalom there the next day. The injury was eventually diagnosed as an abdominal puncture wound (which could not be stitched up due to the possibility of infection) combined with "severe muscle trauma", and she was anticipated to miss at least the next two weeks. However, Shiffrin then had to undergo abdominal surgery to clean out the wound and old scar tissue, perhaps delaying her return to competition until the World Championships in February.
In the first race without Shiffrin, Rast, who had posted her second-straight World Cup podium the day before, rallied from third on the second leg to post her first World Cup victory and take the lead in both the discipline and overall for the season. Surprisingly, the next two slaloms were both won by another rising star (and previous non-winner), 20-year-old Zrinka Ljutić of Croatia, one just before New Year's Day and one just after (in which she edged veteran star Wendy Holdener of Switzerland on the second run), propelling her into the season lead in the discipline by just four points over Rast. In the next slalom at Flachau (Austria), Ljutic failed to qualify for the second run, and Rast charged from eighth after the first run to edge out Holdener for the win and to take over both the lead in the discipline and the overall lead for the World Cup season.
At long last, Shiffrin announced her upcoming return at the slalom in Courcheval, France on 30 January, a full nine weeks after her injury and less than a week before the start of the world championships. At Courcheval, Ljutić posted her third slalom victory of the season, making her the first woman other than Schiffrin or Vhlová to win three slaloms in one season since Marlies Schild of Austria in 2012, while Shiffrin finished tenth in her return. In the World Championships, Rast posted the best time in the first run and Holdener posted the best time in the second run for a 1-2 Swiss finish, with the home country's Katharina Liensberger nipping Americans Paula Moltzan and Shiffrin to claim the bronze. After another week to build strength, though, Shiffrin turned a slight lead over Ljutić after the first run into a wide victory on the second run, giving her a third victory for the season -- and an all-time record 100 World Cup victories in Alpine skiing overall (and tying the all-time record of 155 podium finishes that had been held by Ingemar Stenmark, whom she had previously passed for most victories), while Ljutić edged past Rast for the season lead with only two races remaining in the discipline. At Åre, 29-year-old Katharina Truppe of Austria recorded her first World Cup victory in come-from-behind fashion, while first-run leader Shiffrin held on for third and thus broke the all-time World Cup podium record.
Finals The World Cup finals in the discipline took place on Thursday, 27 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, United States. Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline (Cornelia Öhlund of Sweden), plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, were eligible to compete in the final, and only the top 15 earned World Cup points. As Öhlund was already among the top 25, no 500+ point skiers who were not otherwise eligible chose to enter, and only one eligible skier (Clarisse Brèche of France) missed the race due to injury, the starting field consisted of 24 skiers.
Coming into the finals, Ljutić held a 41-point lead over Rast, a 51-point lead over Liensberger, and a 96-point lead over Holdener; the four of them were the only four still in contention for the discipline title. The race itself was no contest, as Shiffrin, now much further along in her recovery and in front of a supportive home crowd (including a number of girls dressed as Dalmatians, because Shiffrin was seeking win number 101) blew out the field by over a second; meanwhile, Ljutić's 10th-place finish, worth 26 points, beat Rast head-to-head and earned enough points that neither Liensberger nor Holdener could catch her, giving Ljutić her first discipline championship.
Standings Venue WC #SkierTotal Zrinka Ljutić402940100100DNQ100⑨802626541280362960295050③508045 5093 Camille Rast4560100505010045①DNF12418 4924 Mikaela Shiffrin100100DNS26⑤10060100 4865 Lena Dürr60455080DNF12660⑧363680 4736 Wendy Holdener155080408080DNF2②294550 4697 Anna Swenn-Larsson501680DNQ60367DNF1325016 3478 Mélanie Meillard36264536454536DNF25DNF236 3109 Sara Hector12322245406080DNF214DSQ10 30510 Lara ColturiDNF2803218202040DNF1202224 27611 Paula Moltzan3240DNF2DNF11140DNF1④604040 26312 Andreja SlokarDNF222262936DSQ129⑥263260 26013 Katharina Truppe12DNF2242032DNF124⑦22100DNF1 23414 Katharina HuberDNF2222026241632⑭131422 18915 Mina Fürst HoltmannDNF171816182912DNF2161632 16416 Cornelia Öhlund14187151522DNF1⑪45200 15617 Emma Aicher29DNF1DNF232DNF232DNF1DNF140DNF120 153 18 Laurence St. Germain2624367DNS24DNQDNF14DNQ0 12119 Marie Lamure24DNQ141126DNF113⑫12DNF2DSQ1 10020 Neja Dvornik161213DNF2141014DNF161009521 Hanna Aronsson Elfman18DNF11014DNQ622⑰9150 94 22 Ali NullmeyerDNF213DSQ1DNS20DNF224DNQ29 8623 Martina Peterlini1411DSQ2DNF271216㉒1212DSQ1 8424 Clarisse Brèche22858418DNF1DNS 6525 Lara Della MeaDNF1DNF2DNQDNQDNQ159⑬10180 52 26 Marta RossettiDNQDNF1DNQDNQDNQDNF2DNF2⑮1532NE 47 Ana Bucik Jogan9DNQDNF110DNQDNF110⑱810NE 47 28 Eliane ChristenDNSDNQ2216DNQ6DNF1DNQDNQNE 44 AJ HurtDNS13DNF2DNF2DNF1⑲2011NE 44 30 Franziska GritschDNQDNQ62412DNQDNQDNSDNQDNQNE 4231 Katharina Gallhuber615DNF1DNSDNF2DNF1713NE 4132 Martina DubovskáDNF29DNF2128DNF2DNQ⑯DNQ7NE 3633 Aline HöpliDNQDNF116DNQDNQ711DNSDNQDNF1NE3434 Estelle AlphandDNQ14DNQDNQ513DNQDNSDNQDNQNE 32 Amelia Smart8DNQDNQ4DNQ14DSQ1DNF1DNQ6NE 3236 Michelle Gisin7DNQ12DNS38DNSNE3037 Chiara PogneauxDNQ51166DNQDNQDNF1DNQDNF1NE 2838 Leona Popović206DNQDNSNE26 Marion ChevrierDNQDNQDNF1DNQDNQDNQ18⑩DNQ8NE 26 40 Lisa HörhagerDNF1DNQ9DSQ1DNQDNQ15DNSDNF1DNQNE 24 41 Katie HensienDNF1DNF2DNQDNS22DNF1DNF1DNF1DNF1DNF2NE 22 42 Jessica HilzingerDNQDNQ8DNQ10DNQDNQDNF12DNQNE 2043DNQDNQDNF19DNQDNF28DNF1DNQDNQNE1744 Giorgia CollombDNQDSQ215DNQDNQDNQDNQ㉑DNQDNSNE15 Janine MächlerDNQDNQDNS57DNSNE 1546 Elena StoffelDNQDNQDNF1DNF113DNQDNF1DNSDNQDNQNE13 47 Nina O'BrienDNF1DNQDNQDNQDNQ11DNSDNF1DNF1NE 1148 Dženifera Ģērmane10DNF1DNSNE10 Beatrice SolaDNQ10DNF1DNSNE1050 Caitlin McFarlaneDNF1DNQDNF1DNQDNQ9DNF1DNSDNQDNF1NE 9 51 Asa AndoDNSDNF1DNQDNF2DNSDNF115NE 6 52 Aline DaniothDNQDNQDNF1DNF2DNQDNQDNF1DNS4DNF1NE4 Emilia MondinelliDNSDNF1DNSDNQ4NE 4References
Legend
DNQ = Did not qualify for run 2 DNF1 = Did not finish run 1 DSQ1 = Disqualified run 1 DNF2 = Did not finish run 2 DSQ2 = Disqualified run 2 DNS2 = Did not start run 2
See also 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's summary rankings 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's overall 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's downhill 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's super-G 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's giant slalom World Cup scoring system
References
External links Alpine Skiing at FIS website